Corso Italia, Toronto

Infobox City
official_name = Corso Italia-Davenport
subdivision_type2 = Country
subdivision_name2 = Canada
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Ontario
subdivision_type = City
subdivision_name = Toronto


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map_caption=Location of Corso Italia-Davenport within Toronto

Corso Italia is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on St. Clair Avenue West, between Westmount Avenue (just east of Dufferin Street) and Lansdowne Avenue. It is contained within the larger city-recognized neighbourhood of Corso Italia-Davenport, which is bounded on the west by the CNR tracks, on the north by a line north of Morrison Avenue, on the east by Westmount Avenue and Oakwood Avenue, and on the south by Davenport Avenue.

The neighbourhood includes numerous cafés, clothing shops, shoe stores, restaurants, food markets, as well as several gelaterias and bakeries. The community is considered Toronto's second Italian neighbourhood after Little Italy on College Street, although Corso Italia has a stronger Italian presence. There is also a significant Latin American and Portuguese community in the area.

The community is the eastern half of what was earlier known as Earlscourt. Earlscourt was originally settled by British immigrants in 1906, and was annexed by the City of Toronto in 1910. (See [http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/regions/toronto_west/57.html Toronto Neighbourhoods; Earlscourt] .) During the late 1950s a large wave of Italian immigrants, in addition to Italians from College Street, moved to Earlscourt and the surrounding area. Corso Italia has been a Business Improvement Area (BIA) in Toronto since 1984.

Corso Italia hosts several annual festivals, including the [http://torontofiesta.com/ Corso Italia Toronto Fiesta] in July.

See also

* Little Italy, Toronto
* Italian-Canadian

External links

* [http://www.torontocorsoitalia.com/index.html Corso Italia BIA]
* [http://www.tgmag.ca/magic/mt55.html Contours of Postwar Italian Immigration to Toronto]
* [http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/cns92.htm City of Toronto - Corso Italia-Davenport Neighbourhood Profile]

Toronto Neighbourhood Geography
North = Caledonia-Fairbank
East = Oakwood-Vaughan
Wychwood
South = Dovercourt-Wallace Emerson-Junction
West = Weston-Pellam Park
Center = Corso Italia-Davenport